Duke and Michigan State have advanced to the NCAA Final Four and will face each other next Saturday before Kentucky takes on Wisconsin. Justise Winslow drained a pair of 3-pointers down the stretch and finished with 16 points as top seed Duke beat Gonzaga 66-52 to win the South Region. Travis Trice paced the Spartans with 17 points and Denzel Valentine added 15 in a 76-70 overtime win against Louisville.

Led by Hall of Fame coach Kim Mulkey, Baylor enters its matchup in the women's NCAA Tournament against Iowa as confident as ever. Baylor will next face the third-seeded Hawkeyes in Oklahoma City Friday night.

The Marshalltown High School girls track team will be in action Thursday afternoon.
The girls will make a road trip and visit Boone High School to take on the
Torreadors. The field events will commence at 4:30 and the track events
atfive p-m.

The Iowa Energy of the NBA D League will be in action tonight.
The Energy will be on the road at the Grand Rapids Drive with a
tip off time of 6pm on a Tuesday night. The Energy at present moment
have a record of 24-20.

The Iowa Wild lost to the Texas Stars at home at the Wells Fargo Arena Monday night by the score of 4-3. Iowa had a 2-0 lead in the second period only to see the Stars score three tallies by the end of the second frame. The Stars added a fourth goal thenIowa scored to get the deficit to one but were not able to equalize before time ran out.Iowa is now 21-41-1-2 on the American Hockey League season.

The Iowa women`s basketball team having made the Sweet 16 of the women`s NCAA
basketball tournament will play Friday night in the Oklahoma City Regional in Oklahoma City Oklahoma. Game time will be 6:30 p-m as the Hawks play Baylor.

Aaron White scored 13 straight points as part of an 18-3 run early in the second half of Iowa's 83-52 pounding of Davidson. White delivered 26 points for the seventh-seeded Hawkeyes, while Mike Gesell added 15 to help Iowa advance to play second seedGonzaga.

Paul Jesperson led five Northern Iowa players in double figures with 16 points, Seth Tuttle added 14 and the fifth-seeded Panthers held off the comeback of No. 12 seed Wyoming for a 71-54 victory in an East Region matchup on Friday.

The Panthers (31-3) built a 21-point lead after scoring 11 of the first 12 points to start the second half. That huge lead was whittled to seven points twice but the Cowboys could get no closer. Wes Washpun scored eight of his 10 points in the final 9 minutes to help the Panthers advance.

Larry Nance Junior led Wyoming (25-10) with 16 points, but was mostly invisible in the first half. Nance had one point and one shot in the first half before coming alive in the second half to try and lead Wyoming's comeback bid.

Ally Disterhoft scored 18 points, freshman Whitney Jennings had 16 and third-seeded Iowa held off American 75-67 Friday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Iowa City. Melissa Dixon had 15 points with four 3s for the lady Hawkeyes, who will host 11th-seeded Miami in the second round Sunday.

Dayton has defeated Iowa State 78-66 in the first round of the NCAA women's basketball tournament. The Cyclones cut a 17-point deficit down to seven with just over two minutes to play but could get no closer. They finish the season 18-13.

Northern Iowa is taking on Wyoming Friday afternoon at Seattle's Key Arena in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Tipoff is at 12:40 p.m. Central. The Hawkeyes are playing Davidson College starting at 6:20 Central at the same venue.

Iowa State has been bounced from the NCAA Tournament. UAB upset the ninth-ranked Cyclones 60-59 in their opening game Thursday. Iowa State came in seeded third in the South Regional looking for a much longer run than a year ago when they reached the Sweet 16.

The Iowa State Cyclone men`s basketball team plays in the NCAA Basketball tournament today. The game game be heard on KIX 101.1 starting at eleven a-m, tip off time is 1:40 a-m. The opponent is the University of Alabama Birmingham.

After going from the third overall draft pick to dropped by two teams in three years, running back Trent Richardson knows he is running out of chances to make it in the NFL.

Richardson signed a two-year deal with the Oakland Raiders on Tuesday with hopes that a new team can resurrect what once was a promising career.

"That's a taste that you never want to get in your mouth again," said Richardson of being let go by a team. "Hopefully, this is my last stop, and I'm going to do whatever I can to make this my last stop. Until I'm ready to walk away from the game, I don't want to leave here."

Richardson entered the NFL as one of the most heralded running backs in years after a successful college career at Alabama. Richardson is one of three backs since 1996 to go in the top three picks in the draft, joining No. 2 overall picks Reggie Bush in 2006 and Ronnie Brown in 2005.

But after a somewhat promising rookie year in Cleveland when he rushed for 950 yards and 11 touchdowns and caught 51 passes and another score while playing much of the season with broken ribs, Richardson has been sent away by teams in his next two seasons.

Cleveland traded Richardson to Indianapolis after just two games in the 2013 season for a first-round pick. Thought to be the final piece needed to solidify an offense led by star quarterback Andrew Luck, Richardson never fit in with the Colts.

"The very first humbling experience I had was getting traded," he said. "I spent the whole year, just wondering, why in the world and how in the world did I get traded. Looking back at it, even if they said it was a business move, in my head, it's still some type of, 'OK, you still got traded.'"

He averaged just 2.9 yards per carry with Indianapolis in the final 14 games of the 2013 season and was not much better last season when he ran for 519 yards, averaging 3.3 yards per carry.

Richardson played just one snap in three playoff games last season and never touched the ball. He was inactive for a divisional game against Denver and was suspended for the AFC championship game against New England because he didn't contact the team when his girlfriend had pregnancy complications, and he missed mandatory functions.

That suspension voided his contract, the Colts argued. Richardson has filed a grievance to recover $3 million in salary.

"From the beginning, trying to fit into their program, it was different for me," he said. "For me, it was more of me being an all-time blocker. There's nothing wrong with blocking, but I still want to be able to help the team in different types of ways. I don't look at it as a bad thing. I just think it was a bad marriage."

The Raiders have been looking to upgrade a running game that was the least productive in the NFL last season. Richardson joins a backfield in Oakland that features Latavius Murray, who showed promise last season by rushing for 424 yards on 82 carries in limited action, and free-agent acquisition Roy Helu.

Neither of those players have been the featured back and Richardson believes he can earn the starting role in Oakland after going over the playbook with coach Jack Del Rio on Monday night. Richardson said the offense is similar to what he ran in college at Alabama.

"He just said there is just a lot of opportunity out here," Richardson said. "He said he isn't going to promise me anything, but if I come in and work, I can be that bell cow."

The Iowa Barnstormers defeated the Bemidji Axemen 38-26 on Monday at the Sanford Center in Bemidji Minnesota. Quarterback Robbie Nallenweg was 20-32 passing with five touchdown passes. Reciever Brady Roland who played his college football for Grand View University in Des Moines had five catches for 105 yards and three touchdowns.
Iowa evened there record at 1-1 on the year and will next play at Green Bay on Sunday afternoon.

The Iowa women will host American University in the first round of the NCAA women`s tournament on Friday afternoon in Iowa City at 1:30 p-m. Iowa State meantime makes a trip to Lexington Kentucky to play Dayton Friday morning at 11-am. Both Drake and UNImade the women`s NIT, Drake will host Eastern Michigan on Friday and Northern Iowa will host Missouri on Thursday with game times to be announced.

A standout for the Colts' divisional rivals, the Texans, who made two All-Pro teams and seven Pro Bowls, Johnson was released by Houston. He joined Indianapolis on Wednesday.

Johnson, 33, holds the NFL record with 21 career games with 10 or more receptions and 100 or more yards receiving. He has 10 games with at least 10 receptions and 150 yards receiving, tied with Jerry Rice for the most in NFL history.

The Colts released veteran wideout Reggie Wayne this offseason, and Johnson will move into his spot. He's never had a quarterback the caliber of Andrew Luck throwing to him.

Yet, since being selected as the third overall pick of the 2003 draft, Johnson has the most receptions and yards of any player during that span.

Tim Tebow worked out Monday for the Philadelphia Eagles, a person familiar with the session tells The Associated Press.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the workout was not made public.

Tebow has not been on an NFL team since the 2012 season. He was released by the Jets, then attended training camp in the summer of 2013 with the Patriots, who cut him.

One of the most successful college quarterbacks at Florida and winner of the 2007 Heisman Trophy, Tebow started 14 games for Denver over two years after being selected in the first round of the 2010 draft. He won one playoff game with the Broncos, who released him when they signed Peyton Manning.

Pete Rose has submitted a new request to be reinstated to baseball, according to new Commissioner Rob Manfred.

The career hits leader agreed to a lifetime ban in August 1989 following an investigation by Major League Baseball that concluded he bet on the Cincinnati Reds to win while managing the team. He applied for reinstatement in September 1997 and met in November 2002 with Commissioner Bud Selig, who never ruled on the application.

Manfred replaced Selig in January.

After meeting with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday, Manfred said "I do have a formal request from Pete. What I intend to do is be in communication with his representatives, and we'll talk about how we'll handle it from a process perspective."

The Gladbrook Reinbeck boys put their unbeaten record on the line today as they play Earlham in the semi final round of Class 1-A at the Boys State Basketball Tournament in Des Moines. The Rebels are 26-0 their opponents are 24-2. Game time is 10:30 a-m today. The game can be heard starting at 10:20 a-m on News Talk 1230 KFJB.

The Iowa Hawkeye men will play Penn State this afternoon in the Big Ten
Tournament in Chicago. The game is at 1:30 p-m, Iowa is 21-10.
The Iowa State men play Texas at the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City,
game time is 6:00 p-m. the games can be heard on KFJB A-M and KIX 101.1
F-M respectivly.

The Bengals solidified their linebacker position by reaching agreement on a deal with A.J. Hawk and tendering an offer to Emmanuel Lamur on Tuesday.

They also offered a one-year deal to defensive tackle Devon Still, whose daughter is fighting cancer. Still will have to decide whether to stay in Cincinnati while his 4-year-old daughter, Leah, is treated on the East Coast.

Hawk, who grew up in Ohio and attended Ohio State, worked out with the Bengals as free agency opened on Tuesday. Agent Mike McCartney tweeted that they had agreed to a two-year deal. The team didn't confirm it.

Lamur moved into a starter's role last season, when linebackers Vontaze Burfict and Rey Maualuga missed significant time with injuries.

Indianapolis has agreed to a contract with free agent running back Frank Gore.

Terms of the deal were not immediately available.

The news comes two days after it appeared Gore would sign with Philadelphia. The 31-year-old running back has eight 1,000-yard seasons and five Pro Bowl selections. He should help the Colts move on from the failed two-year experiment with Trent Richardson.

So far, Indy has focused primarily on fixing the offense in free agency. It had already announced deals with former Eagles offensive lineman Todd Herremans and backup quarterback Matt Hasselbeck. On Tuesday morning, the Colts announced they also were re-signing versatile backup offensive lineman Joe Reitz. Indy also has agreed to terms on a two-year deal with cornerback Darius Butler.

Whatever initial reservations running back LeSean McCoy had about being traded to the Buffalo Bills have quickly worn off.

McCoy says he's happy to be someplace where he feels appreciated. He's excited to be on a Rex Ryan-coached team that will make it a priority run the ball. And the NFL's 2013 rushing leader is pleased to have a restructured five-year contract that secures his long-term future.

McCoy spoke during a news conference shortly after the Bills and Philadelphia Eagles formally announced the trade, which went into effect Tuesday. The teams agreed to the deal last week, with Buffalo acquiring McCoy in exchange for linebacker Kiko Alonso.

McCoy called it "the best move," and added he "can't wait to get to work."

The New York Giants have dipped into the free agency market, signing former Patriots running back Shane Vereen and three other players.

A person with knowledge of the moves who requested anonymity because the Giants had not confirmed the agreements said the team also signed former Green Bay and Cincinnati offensive tackle Marshall Newhouse; Patriots linebacker Jonathan Casillas; and Cowboys return specialist/receiver Dwayne Harris.

Vereen's contract is for three years and slightly more than $12 million. Casillas got a three-year $10.5 million deal, and Harris' deal is worth $17.5 million over five years, with $7.1 million is guaranteed. Terms of Newhouse's contract were not immediately available.

The New York Jets have released wide receiver Percy Harvin, who became expendable when the team acquired Brandon Marshall from the Chicago Bears.

The Jets acquired the versatile Harvin from the Seattle Seahawks last October, but he was due $10.5 million in base salary this season. New York would have also owed Seattle a fourth-round draft pick if he was still a member of the Jets after 4 p.m. on March 19.

Instead, the Jets owe the Seahawks a sixth-rounder.

Harvin had 29 catches for 350 yards and a touchdown in eight games with the Jets after then-general manager John Idzik acquired him, calling the move "a potential coup" for New York. Harvin also ran for 110 yards on 22 carries, and averaged 24.8 yards on 20 kickoff returns.

Brandon Marshall has passed his physical and his trade to the New York Jets from the Chicago Bears is official.

The teams agreed on the deal last Friday, but it became official at the start of the unrestricted free agency signing period Tuesday.

The Jets sent a fifth-round draft pick to the Bears for Marshall and a seventh-rounder. Marshall, who turns 31 on March 23, has played the last three seasons with the Bears. He dealt with injuries and had 61 catches last season, his lowest total since his rookie year with Denver in 2006, for 721 yards and eight touchdowns.

Marshall told the team's website playing in New York and for new coach Todd Bowles is "an amazing opportunity."

Quarterback Jake Locker is retiring from football rather than hit free agency after four NFL seasons with the Tennessee Titans. He says in a statement that he no longer has the "burning desire" needed to keep playing the game for a living.

The 26-year-old Locker wrote Tuesday in a statement released through his agent, Camron Hahn, that he decided to retire after talking with his family.

He says trying to keep playing without that desire for the game "would be unfair to the next organization with whom I would eventually sign." Locker says he knows his decision is surprising to many but he knows it's right in his heart.

The Titans drafted Locker with the eighth pick overall in 2011, but he dealt with injuries and was benched in October.

Two people familiar with the trade say the Philadelphia Eagles and St. Louis Rams have agreed to swap quarterbacks Nick Foles and Sam Bradford.

Both people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the teams are still working on the draft picks involved in the deal. Bradford hasn't played since his 2013 season ended after he tore his left ACL. The former No. 1 overall pick tore it again in preseason last year.

Foles had a breakout season for the Eagles in 2013 and was offensive MVP of the Pro Bowl. He missed the last eight games in 2014 after breaking his collarbone.

A person familiar with the deal says the New York Jets have re-signed running back Bilal Powell to a one-year contract.

Powell, a fourth-round draft pick out of Louisville in 2011, ran for 141 yards and a touchdown on 33 carries as a backup to both Chris Ivory and Chris Johnson. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the Jets hadn't announced the deal.

Powell, known for his versatility and strong blocking in the passing game, saw his role in the running game diminished last season as then-offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg tried to spread carries between his three backs.

He has 1,296 career yards rushing and six TDs, along with 65 catches for 511 yards in his four seasons with the Jets.

The 28-year-old Hartline had consecutive 1,000-yard seasons in 2012 and 2013 for Miami. He dropped to 474 yards last season, but the Browns needed quality depth after Gordon, who led the league in yards receiving in 2013, was suspended one year for multiple violations of the substance abuse policy.

Hartline was released by the Dolphins last month.

The Browns have kept their plans in free agency closely guarded. Coach Mike Pettine said the team will adhere to a "right player, right price" policy in negotiations. Pettine said the Browns would like to re-sign cornerback Buster Skrine.

The 49ers say Seven-time Pro Bowl linebacker Patrick Willis will retire after his 2014 season was cut short by a toe injury that required surgery.

Willis and friend NaVorro Bowman had made up one of the best 1-2 linebacker punches in the NFL until both missed time last year, the entire season for Bowman as he recovered from reconstructive knee surgery.

The 30-year-old Willis was sidelined with a strained muscle in his left big toe. He was placed on the season-ending injured reserve Nov. 11 after getting hurt in the third quarter at St. Louis on Oct. 13.

The NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2007 after being drafted 11th overall out of Mississippi, Willis started 112 games and had 950 tackles with 20.5 sacks in eight seasons.

The team did not release terms of the deal in a statement Monday. Cobb and the Packers agreed to a four-year, $40 million contract over the weekend that kept the wideout off the open market.

He combined with Jordy Nelson to form one of the top receiving duos in the NFL during quarterback Aaron Rodgers' MVP campaign. Cobb finished with career highs of 91 catches for 1,287 yards and 12 touchdowns.

The Packers have also re-signed quarterback Scott Tolzien, who appears to be in line to back up Rodgers in 2015. Tolzien started two games in 2013 while Rodgers was recovering from a collarbone injury.

A person familiar with the situation says the Panthers have agreed to a two-year contract with Ted Ginn Jr., bringing the wide receiver/returner back to Carolina.

The person spoke to The Associated Press Monday on condition of anonymity because the deal hasn't been announced. Financial terms were not immediately available.

Ginn, 5-foot-11 and 185 pounds, helped the Panthers go 12-4 and win the NFC South in 2013 before signing with the Cardinals as a free agent last offseason. However, Arizona cut the 29-year-old Ginn after just one year.

The eight-year pro enjoyed one of his better seasons with Carolina, catching 36 passes for 556 yards and a career-high five touchdowns. He averaged 23.8 yards per kickoff return and 12.2 yards per punt return.

Iowa State says that athletic director Jamie Pollard is recovering in a hospital after suffering a heart attack.

The Cyclones said in a statement that Pollard suffered the heart attack Monday while watching his daughters compete in a track meet on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa. He spent Monday night at Allen Hospital in Waterloo and remained there on Tuesday.

The school has appointed David Harris as the acting athletic director while Pollard recovers.

The 50-year-old Pollard has been Iowa State's athletic director since 2005.

As Kaminsky led the Badgers to the outright Big Ten championship, the senior averaged 19.9 points and 8.2 rebounds per game in conference play.

Kaminsky has scored at least 20 points on 13 occasions this season and hauled in double-digit rebounds in 10 games.

Badger head coach Bo Ryan was named Coach of the Year by conference coaches, while Maryland head coach Mark Turgeon received the honor from the media.

In Maryland's first Big Ten season, Turgeon led the Terrapins to the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament.

Ohio State's D'Angelo Russell was named Freshman of the Year by coaches and media. Purdue's Rapheal Davis was named the Defensive Player of the Year, and Iowa's Gabe Olaseni was voted Sixth Man of the Year by coaches.

Unbeaten Gladbrook Reinbeck will play in the quarterfinal round of Class 1-A Boys State Basketball Tournament in Des Moines today. The game is at the Wells Fargo Arena
in Des Moines at 10:30 a-m. The opponent is Nodaway Valley out of the Greenfield area.

Alex Rodriguez returned to the New York Yankees after an absence of more than 17 months, lining a single into short left field in his first at-bat and going 1 for 2 with a walk in a 3-1 spring-training loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday.

Greeted by a 10-second mix of boos and cheers from the crowd of 9,673 as he stepped into the batter's box for his first game following a one-year drug suspension, Rodriguez was wearing the Yankees' white uniform with pinstripes for the team's exhibition season home opener rather than the usual dark blue jersey used in exhibition games.

Rodriguez swung at the first four of 10 pitches he saw in three plate appearances. Batting second as New York's designated hitter, he swung past a pair of 91 mph pitches from Philadelphia's Kevin Slowey in the first inning.

He lined a soft single to left on an 89 mph 0-2 offering that was over the plate.

The Detroit Tigers have released Joel Hanrahan from a minor league contract and said the right-hander will have his second Tommy John surgery on March 18.

Hanrahan had his right elbow ligament replaced in May 2013 while with Boston, when he also had his right flexor tendon repaired. Detroit signed him to a $1 million, one-year contract last May, but he never appeared in a game. The Tigers agreed in November to a minor league contract for $18,000 a month with a provision for a $1 million deal if added to the 40-man roster.

Hanrahan's fastball averaged 97-98 mph before he got hurt. Manager Brad Ausmus said before Wednesday's game with the Baltimore Orioles that Hanrahan could have helped the Tigers if he had been healthy.

"He's going to get the surgery, rehab and reconsider what's next on his agenda — whether he's going to try and play again or not," Ausmus said.

Hanrahan is 22-18 with a 3.85 ERA and 100 saves in seven seasons with Washington, Pittsburgh and Boston.

The Minnesota Vikings have agreed with the Buffalo Bills to trade quarterback Matt Cassel next week for an undisclosed draft pick.

The Vikings announced the deal on Wednesday, six days before NFL transactions can begin with the start of the new league year. The trade can't be completed until then, but the announcement wouldn't have been made if there were potential roadblocks for the deal.

The trade also wouldn't have been initiated had the Vikings not been confident in Teddy Bridgewater, the first-round draft pick who took over as the starter in the third game of last season after Cassel broke his left foot. Cassel spent two years with the Vikings, taking over in 2013 after Christian Ponder struggled to keep the job.

The new flat-seam ball in college baseball is having the desired effect, with teams hitting 40 percent more home runs so far this season.

The NCAA announced Wednesday that teams are hitting a home run about every other game. Last year, teams homered about once every three games through the first three weeks of the season.

The actual average is 0.47 home runs per team compared with 0.33 at this point in 2014. Last season's final average of 0.39 per team was a record low.

The NCAA approved use of the flat-seam ball in an attempt to punch up a game that has seen steep declines in offense since new bat standards took effect in 2011. Studies show the flat-seam ball travels 20 feet farther than the old raised-seam ball.

ESPN is getting back into broadcasting professional hockey after landing the U.S. rights for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.

The NHL and NHL Players' Association, who are overseeing the eight-team international tournament, jointly announced the decision Wednesday. ESPN was selected ahead of NBC Sports Group, which is in the midst of a 10-year contract to broadcast NHL regular-season and playoff games through 2020-21.

ESPN was the NHL's U.S. broadcaster from 1992 through the league's lockout that wiped out the entire 2004-05 season.

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said ESPN was selected after NBC executives said they could encounter scheduling conflicts to broadcast the tournament which will be held in Toronto, and run from Sept. 17 to Oct. 1.

Rogers Sportsnet and French-language TVA Sports were awarded the Canadian broadcasting rights.

Jim Harbaugh took a break from rescuing Michigan's football team to come to the aid of two people hurt in a traffic accident.

The Wolverines' new head coach and sports staff member James Minick were driving on Interstate 94 in Ann Arbor on Tuesday when they saw a Jeep Cherokee spin, crash and overturn on the slippery roadway.

The station says Harbaugh and Minick helped a 73-year-old woman get out of the vehicle and used their coats to keep her warm until an emergency crew arrived.

The men also helped the 53-year-old driver, who was partially ejected from the SUV. The station says both driver and passenger were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.

Harbaugh was hired after Michigan went 5-7 last season under Brady Hoke.

Victims of the Boston Marathon bombing have arrived at court for opening statements in the trial of the suspect.

Two busloads of people hurt in the bombings arrived at the federal courthouse at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. They entered through a side entrance, away from reporters and photographers gathered at the main entrance.

Marc Fucarile (FYOO'-kuh-ril), who lost a leg in the attack, went in the front entrance, but did not comment to reporters.

Lawyers for suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have made it clear they will try to show that at the time of the bombings he was influenced by his older brother, Tamerlan, who died following a shootout with police days after the bombings.

Prosecutors say Dzhokhar was an equal and willing participant in the plot that killed three and hurt more than 260.

Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah is unlikely to play for France at the European Championship in September.

Noah is going through a difficult season after surgery on his left knee in the offseason, and told L'Equipe newspaper on Wednesday he is focusing on his NBA career.

The 30-year-old Noah, whose only appearance with France at a major tournament was at the 2011 EuroBasket, said "the French team is a great experience, but it has never been my priority."

France technical director Patrick Beesley asked Noah to decide on his availability for the Sept. 5-20 tournament before the end of March, and made clear he won't be selected for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics if he skips the EuroBasket.

A person with knowledge of the situation says that Adrian Peterson is scheduled to meet with Minnesota Vikings GM Rick Spielman and coach Mike Zimmer in Houston on Wednesday.

The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because neither side was publicly discussing the process.

Peterson has been disenchanted with the Vikings after he missed almost all of last season while facing child abuse charges in Texas.

Peterson was suspended by the NFL, but a federal judge ruled last week that the arbitrator in the case erred by applying a personal conduct policy that was adopted after Peterson beat his 4-year-old son.

He has again been placed on paid leave while the NFL appeals the ruling, opening the door for the Vikings to meet with him.

The type of asset swap New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson is attempting to try to regain complete control of his business interests from recently estranged heirs is being challenged in a new lawsuit in Texas.

The lawsuit has been brought by former San Antonio mayor Phil Hardberger and estate layer Art Bayern, whom a Texas judge recently appointed as co-receivers of one of the trusts Benson set up for his daughter Renee.

They argue Tom Benson should not be able to swap promissory notes for shares of businesses that he'd previously placed in trust for his heirs.

Such swaps were initiated in January, after Benson disowned his daughter and her two children, who are now suing him in both Texas and Louisiana.

Aaron White had 21 points and five rebounds to lead the Iowa Hawkeyes to a 77-63 victory over the Indiana Hoosiers on Tuesday night.

Jarrod Uthoff had 14 points and six rebounds, and Gabriel Olanseni added 13 points for the Hawkeyes (20-10, 11-6 Big Ten), who have won five straight.

Nick Zeisloft scored 15 points, all from 3-point range, and James Blackmon, Jr. finished with 14 points and five rebounds for the Hoosiers (19-11, 9-8), who have lost two in a row.

Olaseni's go ahead basket with 5:40 left in the first half to make it 25-24 gave Iowa the lead for good.

Peter Jok, who finished with eight points, made two 3-pointers and Uthoff scored to put the Hawkeyes ahead 61-48. They led by as much as 16 when Anthony Clemmons scored a free throw with 1:10 left to play.

Northern Iowa forward Seth Tuttle, the Missouri Valley's active leader in scoring and rebounding, has been selected the conference's player of the year.

Tuttle, a senior, received 38 of a possible 47 first-place votes in voting by coaches, sports information directors and a media panel. Ron Baker and Fred VanVleet, teammates on regular season champion and ninth-ranked Wichita State, were second and third.

Baker had five first-place votes and VanVleet, the player of the year last season, had four.

Joining those three on the all-conference team were D.J. Balentine and Egidijus Mockevicius of Evansville and Devonte Brown of Indiana State.

The Colo Nesco girls were ousted from the Girls State basketball tournament in Des Moines by Newell Fonda by the score of 70-42. The Mustangs stormed out to the lead,
the Royals cut the lead to 27-23 at the half butNewell Fonda outscored the Royals down the stretch 28-10 and never looked back.

The Royals concluded a fine season where they fought there way to girls state with a record of 23-2.

The Iowa State men`s basketball team will host Oklahoma tonight at the Hilton Coliseum in Ames at 8pm. Iowa State is 10-6 in conference play, 20-8 overall, the Sooners have
the same overall record and are 11-5 in the Big 12.

The Girls State Basketball Tournament begins today at the Wells Fargo Arena
in Des Moines. The Colo Nesco Royals will play at ten a -m today against Newell Fonda in a Class 1-A Quarterfinal round game. This is Colo Nesco third straight trip to
state.